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Representatives of agricultural unions speak out
Farmers are mobilizing, the Attal government promises announcements. – (FRANCEINFO)
At the end of their meeting with Gabriel Attal, Monday evening, the president of the FNSEA Arnaud Rousseau and that of the Young Farmers union, Arnaud Gaillot, spoke. Then the Minister of Agriculture promised announcements “within the week”.
“The ball is in his court.” Faced with the rumble, which is spreading in Europe without sparing France, Arnaud Rousseau, the president of the first French agricultural union, the FNSEA and Arnaud Gaillot, his counterpart from the Young Farmers (JA) were received on Monday January 22 at the end of day, for almost two hours, by Gabriel Attal. “The Prime Minister shares our diagnosis” on a “a sector that he knows little about, but in which he has clearly said that he wishes to get involved”, declared Arnaud Rousseau. “We won’t be satisfied with measuring sticks”also assured the president of the FNSEA. “The actions continue as long as we do not have answers from the Prime Minister”he insisted.
“As long as there are no concrete decisions and as long as the reception by farmers of the Prime Minister’s messages is not optimal and accepted, there will be no lifting of the actions carried out on the ground “repeated the president of the FNSEA. “We expect the Prime Minister to be able to make a certain number of declarations during the week that will significantly move the lines”, he clarified. Arnaud Rousseau notably raised the subject of an immediate discount on diesel for tractors, instead of a reimbursement on invoice and declaration.
In return, the Minister of Agriculture, Marc Fesneau, who spoke a few minutes after them, promised “a number of first announcements” In “the week”. “I believe we objectively share the diagnosis”added Marc Fesneau, for whom “farmers need to see it translated into action”, before specifying that the Prime Minister is committed to meeting them.
